Poets For Change

Small Changes That Will Make You Healthier – Making you a Better Writer

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:23:35 +0000

Keeping your whole body healthful and in shape does not need to be hard. The simple fact is always that most of the time keeping yourself in good health is little more than doing a few small things on a regular basis. So many people wait around until they are woefully out of shape or facing serious illness to try to figure out how to get in shape or return to a former level of health. If, rather than waiting around, they adopted just a couple of good habits, keeping healthy wouldn’t be such a challenge. Keep reading to determine a few of the little things that you can do to stay healthy.

Eat a number of fish more than once per week. This may very well be in the form of some tuna fish at lunch or some fish for dinner. Fish have large levels of omega-3 acids which, we have discovered, are essential to our health. Eating fish routinely just might help you stop heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and other serious problems. If you do not like fish or are hypersensitive to it, you will get the same rewards from taking omega-3 capsules a couple of times each week.

Did you realize that humming can defend your ears? The act of humming activates a muscle in your ears that can keep sound from getting in. It isn’t the same thing as wearing earplugs (which you should do if you intend on taking in a loud event like a concert or car race) but it is less dorky than plugging your ears with your fingers. You have to stay away from noisy activities for at least a day or two after you go to a very loud event. Your ears remain hypersensitive for the first 24 hours after the first exposure to extremely loud sound.

Do your exercise sessions on your feet when you can, especially when completing your weight training. Standing up when you exercise as well as lift weight will induce your ab muscles to support your spine and keep you in a balanced upright position. This ensures that you’re actively working out your abdominal muscles the whole time you are doing your weight lifting.

Write everyday. No matter what you write about be sure to do it everyday. Say you are going to write about… I don’t know… anything, like frontline plus coupons. Write as much as you can about the topic. Just get it on paper and then your scribbles turn into masterpieces. Okay maybe you don’t write about pet meds but you get my point.

You have to have a Sonicare toothbrush. You know the fact that Sonicare toothbrush is the very best toothbrush on the market, electric or not. Yes it costs a great deal of money but it is most likely the best investment you can make into your dental health. Not only will it enable you to clean your teeth but it helps you get rid of the plaque between your teeth (it uses sonic waves to do so) just like you would do manually when you floss. People who can’t stand to floss particularly will advantage from use of a Sonicare toothbrush.

There are plenty of small alterations that you could make to improve your health. No matter if you buy earplugs or hum at concert or even buy a better toothbrush–good health is yours for the taking. All that actually matters is you start making wise decisions about the every day things in your life–you should be able to do that.

What is the best poem by Edgar Allen Poe to do a play?

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:01:20 +0000

Question by : What is the best poem by Edgar Allen Poe to do a play?
I have to choose a poem by Edgar Allen Poe to do a play on. I have two people in my group and we are both required to have a part and act along with props. Any idea on a poem and props for it?

Best answer:

Answer by UtahBoulder
Easy. “The Raven” is the most narrative of his poems. And only two characters. One of you will have to be the bird

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What are some funny poems written by famous American poets?

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:05:14 +0000

Question by not_prero_student: What are some funny poems written by famous American poets?
i don’t want any of those stupid 4 line poems from the internet or those poems you see on myspace. I want real legitimate poems that are funny, ironic, paradox’s etc.

Best answer:

Answer by B0uncingMoonman@aol.com
Ogden Nash`s poems take some beating.
Fleas

Adam
Had’em

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What are some Emily Dickinson poems that talk about acceptance of death?

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:22 +0000

Question by Rachael Z: What are some Emily Dickinson poems that talk about acceptance of death?
I have to write an essay about Emily Dickinson and her poems that relate ot acceptance of death.

I already have “Because I could not stop for Death”, but I can’t find anything else.

Thanks!

Best answer:

Answer by Henry I
Most of Dickinson’s poems about death are in some way accepting of it. Here are couple of good examples, but you will find many more. In the first, heaven is spoken about as though it were just another part of the adventure of life. The speaker says she knows exactly what it must be like–despite never having been there. In the second example, the speaker also treats death in a very matter-of-fact way. The speaker is depicted having a chat with another dead person about how they got there. Even though the ending is a bit creepy (it is about death, after all), there is no sense of resistance by the speaker.

Best wishes!

I Never Saw a Moor

I never saw a moor;
I never saw the sea,
Yet know I how the heather looks
And what a billow be.

I never spoke with God,
Nor visited in heaven.
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the checks were given.

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Emily Dickinson – I died for Beauty — but was scarce

I died for Beauty — but was scarce
Adjusted in the Tomb
When One who died for Truth, was lain
In an adjoining room –

He questioned softly “Why I failed”?
“For Beauty”, I replied –
“And I — for Truth — Themself are One –
We Brethren, are”, He said –

And so, as Kinsmen, met a Night –
We talked between the Rooms –
Until the Moss had reached our lips –
And covered up — our names –

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Does anybody know of any family poems by famous poets that are not sickeningly happy?

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:09:59 +0000

Question by Tango117: Does anybody know of any family poems by famous poets that are not sickeningly happy?
I have an assignment for English class that involves finding a poem about family. The poem is supposed to match my view of family and that view is not very positive. So, if you could list any poems you know written by famous poets that aren’t really fond of family, then that would be wonderful, nay, magical. Finding such a poem is a magic act.

Best answer:

Answer by stephen k
I would check the poems of Dorothy Parker, as she might have something

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Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:01:02 +0000

This short video highlights Langston Hughes’s career in relation to the Harlem Renaissance. Made in our C&T 302 class, this video was written, produced and voiced-over by Chris Orlando and Christy Allen!
Video Rating: 4 / 5

AF Harrold calls in to Poet's Cafe

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:10:49 +0000

AF Harrold calls in to Poet's Cafe
With the ability to turn the most mundane of overheard conversations into something funny, writing is now his full-time job. His work is regularly published by the local Two Rivers Press, he runs an open mic poetry night at South Street Arts Centre, …
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Cowboy gathering — Authentic song, poetry and cowboyness
It's all based on stories, whether they're funny or poignant. Cowboy songs can't be florid, can't be overwritten, he says. "It's essential," Murphey says. "It's a folk medium. This is not about sitting down and trying to write an Ezra Pound-type poem.
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Southwestern professor releases poetry book
“It includes the first poem I ever wrote, 'The Divine Eraser.'” DeArmond said that he had to sift through 150 poems before he narrowed it down to about 75. “I don't like rhyming poetry unless they are funny,” DeArmond says. “This book has poetry in it …
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Why does Langston Hughes answer his main question with a list of questions and is he expressing political of s?

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:05:25 +0000

Question by jack (: Why does Langston Hughes answer his main question with a list of questions and is he expressing political of s?
Why does Langston Hughes answer his main question with a list of questions and is he expressing political of societal values

Best answer:

Answer by Smooch the Pooch
He was a black journalist who wrote about the Harlem Renaissance. His poetry is just reflects his life.

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Robert Frost Cabin

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:22:45 +0000

Robert Frost Cabin

Image by origamidon
Ripton, Vermont USA • From 1939 until his death in 1963, Robert Frost (1874-1963), four-time Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, teacher and lecturer wrote many popular and oft-quoted poems including “After Apple-Picking”, “The Road Not Taken”, “Home Burial” and “Mending Wall”, spent summer and fall in this cabin at his farm in Ripton, Vermont.

During these fruitful seasons he wrote memorable poems and shared his craft at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and Bread Loaf School of English.

Teenage drinkers broke in and vandalized the property earlier in 2008. Damage repaired by owner.

☞ On May 23, 1968, The Frost Farm (also known at the Homer Noble Farm) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#68000046).

☞ On May 23, 1968, the National Park Service designated this compound a National Historic Landmark (#68000046).

National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. – [And one of only 17 in Vermont.] – Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.

National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans — these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.

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In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):

[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County

[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County

[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County

[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County

[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County

[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County

[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Ripton, Addison County

[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County

[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Addison County

[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County

[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County

[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County

[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County

[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County

[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County

[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County

[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County

Funny poems: The CHICKEN on my Head

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:02:18 +0000

PLEASE LIKE my FB page: www.facebook.com and/or subscribe ) Dr. Seuss meets Edgar Allen Poe! “The CHICKEN on my Head” is an hilarious fusion of rhyming verse and complete and utter madness! It comes from the most expensive poetry book in the world: “The CHICKEN on my Head” which can be found here: www.duskbook.co.uk The written words are available as captions, or, you can find them here: allpoetry.com